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Take monthly with water August 2015 43
The 2015/16 Sailing Season at Middle Harbour Yacht Club begins
September 1st. Join before August 31st and we will waive the usual $100
joining fee.* You will also enjoy the following benefits:
Close to Sydney Harbour, Manly & the open sea – Racing or Cruising
Café & Restaurant options – Well maintained marina - Social events
MIDDLE HARBOUR YACHT CLUB
Lower Parriwi Rd, The Spit, Mosman NSW 2088
E: membership@mhyc.com.au T: + 612 9969 124 4
*Conditions Apply
Mention this ad when joining
to receive a further 5% off your
membership fees.
5%OFF
approx $600 per tonne will rise to $1,000
per tonne.
Interestingly it is not legal to burn
fuels containing high sulphur oxide
concentrations within 200nm of the US
coast, but the cruise ships berthing in
Sydney Harbour burn plain old bunker
fuel in close proximity to residential areas.
Figure that out!
Current attempts to use sail to carry
cargo fall into two broad categories.
These are cooperative type ventures using
traditional sailing technologies and large
commercially oriented attempts to target
the bulk cargo markets.
TheFairtransport model –Fairtransport
is a shipping company founded in the
Netherlands in 2007 and the owner of
Tres Hombres – is a low tech model using
some fundamental and time tested ideas:
traditional boats traditionally constructed
(i.e. proven and reliable technologies)
sailing traditional routes (i.e. making best
use of prevailing wind, currents etc.) .
As you’d expect, getting this up and
running – and keeping it running – is not
without its challenges. I spoke to one of the
Fairtransport founders, Jorne Langelaan,
about some of these challenges.
“ We’ve been running the ship for five
years now. We started breaking even in
the fourth year and now, in our fifth year
of trading, we are pleased to be able to
pay a dividend to our investors,” Jorne
Langelaan said.
Jorne explained that significant
planning went into every journey; the
ship runs with regular timetabling
which allows customers to anticipate
arrivals and departures and plan cargo
movements accordingly. An understanding
of the complex legislation which regulates
maritime commerce is also required. Jorne,
who originally trained as a shipbroker,
explains:
“ Tres Hombres is unusual because she
is a sailing ship and does not have an
engine. A lot of the regulation in this area
assumes the ship has an engine. But the
International Maritime Organisation does
have a classification – ship not propelled
by mechanical means – which works for us.
She is certified in class by the International
Register of Shipping.”
Tres Hombres is a refurbished brigantine
and uses pilots and tugs as required. She
is used in the European coastal trade and
the Atlantic trade to the Caribbean. She
carries up to 35 tonnes of cargo, typically
artisanal or other traditional goods. She is
23m over the deck, has a sparred length of
32.5m and carries 314m2 sail. Her keel was
laid in 1943 and she underwent a major
rebuild in 2008.
E- Ship1. Four large rotorsails rise from its deck to aid the ship’s propulsion by means of the
Magnus effect [the perpendicular force that is exerted on a spinning body moving through
a fluid stream].
Tres Hombres under full sail with crew aloft.